Jim Goulart

As you may know through our eleven years here at Brewerfan, we have been privy to information on many occasions that isn't always made available through traditional sources. We have a long history of respecting those sources, and we don't believe we've ever breached someone's trust, not even accidentally. That being said, we do have private archived communications, the specific contents of which will not be revealed here now nor at any time in the future, that indicate that some of the things impacting Zach in his Milwaukee career date all the way back to his first summer with the organization, with Helena in the summer of 2006. The Brewers have been exceedingly patient. Zach is a strong young man in so many ways, and we hope to see him flourish not only on a baseball diamond but also in life for many years to come. That's it from me on the subject, thanks...

Jonathan Mitchell who tweeted about Jed Bradley's start yesterday has .

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STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League North Division Florida State League North Division Midwest League Western Division

Follow Friday's evening action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Brevard County Wisconsin

Friday's Daily Menu: TGIF! All times are Central Nashville: RHP Seth McClung at Albuquerque (Dodgers), 7:50 PM pre-game, 8:05 gametime Free Live Audio Link Jeff Hem is the new play-by-play voice of the Sounds; follow him on Twitter @jeffhempbp; we'll link to his blog updates at On the Air…and Off MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; all Nashville games, home and away, will be available to watch via MiLB.TV's $39.99 season-long package ($9.99 to pay for a single month). We imagine the audio feed is from the home team. All MiLB.TV details available at the link. ********** Huntsville: RHP Kyle Heckathorn at home vs. Chattanooga (Dodgers), 6:28 PM pre-game, 6:43 gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Huntsville feed from the MiLB main audio page I-Phone friendly audio link Alex Cohen is the new play-by-play voice of the Stars; follow him on Twitter @alexmcohen. It's fantastic that Huntsville is returning to what will be a traditional broadcast format this year. All games, home and away, are scheduled to be broadcast. MiLB.TV subsciption note: A total of 24 Stars' games (in Jacksonville and Tennessee) will be broadcast. ********** Brevard County: RHP Hiram Burgos at Palm Beach (Cardinals), 5:35 PM gametime Free Live Audio Link -- Select the Palm Beach feed from the MiLB main audio page Once again this season, Brevard does not have its own audio coverage. It appears two teams in the Manatees North Division (within which the majority of games are played) have audio, and all six teams in the South Division have audio (at least for their home games), so there will be opportunities to listen to approx. 70% or Brevard's games this season, just all from the opponent's perspective. There are no Florida State League games on MiLB.TV this year. *** Wisconsin: RHP Chad Thompson makes his season debut at Clinton (Mariners), 6:10 PM pre-game, 6:30 gametime; look for RHP Mark Williams in relief Free Live Audio Link - 1280 AM WNAM Chris Mehring is back to do his customary fantastic work as the Voice of the Rattlers. Follow him on Twitter @CMehring; we'll link to Chris' infamous blog often -- Rattler Radio. MiLB.TV -- for subscribers; Wisconsin is one of only two (Great Lakes) Midwest League clubs that have all their home games available via MiLB.TV; Chris' call provides the audio. So for the $39.95 season-long package, fans in Brewer Nation can watch all Sounds games, all Timber Rattlers home games, and 24 Stars' road games (one Helena series this summer, too).

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OF/1B Jordan Brown (see earlier post) has been formally assigned to AAA Nashville, takes Brooks Conrad's spot.

Gord Ash in the Tennessean, but talking hockey

STARS WINNING STREAK SNAPPED AT SIX HUNTSVILLE, Ala.- The Huntsville Stars (16-12) season-high six game winning streak was snapped on Thursday night with a 10-5 loss against the Chattanooga Lookouts (12-16) at Joe Davis Stadium. After the Lookouts’ took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning on a solo-home run by shortstop Jake Lemmerman, the Stars broke out for five straight runs. In the second inning, an RBI single by center fielder Josh Prince and a two-run single by pitcher Evan Anundsen put the Stars up 3-1. Then in the third inning, a two-run double from left fielder Jay Gibbons put Huntsville in a position to increase their winning streak to seven with a 5-1 lead. From that point on though, it was all Chattanooga, as the Lookouts scored nine unanswered runs from the sixth inning on to capture the game. Lemmerman got the inning started off with a single and advanced to third on a single by J.T. Wise. Left fielder Kyle Russell hit a deep sac-fly to score Lemmerman. After 81 pitches from Anundsen, pitcher Bradley Blanks was called on in relief. A wild pitch from Blanks followed by a single from Pedro Baez scored Wise to close the gap 5-3. Another single and another wild pitch put runners on second and third. Center fielder Nick Buss singled to left field to plate another two runs and tie the game at five. Reliever Eric Marzec replaced Blanks to get the final out of the inning. The Stars looked ready to answer back in the bottom of the inning with a leadoff single from first baseman Hunter Morris. The next two batters struck out before Prince doubled to put runners in scoring position. Pinch hitter Lee Haydel didn’t provide the drama the Stars were seeking and grounded out to end the inning. With reliever Roque Mercedes on the mound for Huntsville, the Lookouts took the lead for good. A leadoff single followed by a stolen base put Rafael Ynoa in scoring position. An RBI-single off the bat of Russell gave Chattanooga their sixth run. They put the nail on the coffin in the eighth inning with a leadoff solo shot from Blake Smith. Catcher Griff Erickson followed up with a single and scored on a sacrifice bunt followed by a throwing error from Stars’ catcher Jason Jaramillo. The Lookouts tacked on two more runs with back-to-back RBI doubles from Lemmerman and Wise. Reliever R.J. Seidel was called in to replace Mercedes with just one out left. Mercedes (1-1) was tagged with the loss, going 1.2 innings and giving up five runs (two earned) on six hits. Seidel closed out the game, retiring the Chattanooga offense in order in the top of the ninth. The loss spoiled another strong start from Anundsen, who earned a no-decision after pitching 5.1 innings while giving up three runs on just four hits. Chattanooga starter Allen Webster got a no-decision as well, throwing five innings and giving up all five Stars’ runs on eight hits. On offense, the Stars got two hits from Gibbons (2-for-3), including that two-run double in the third inning. Huntsville also got two hits apiece from Prince (2-3), first baseman Morris (2-4) and right fielder Kentrail Davis (2-5). Morris also extended his reign as Southern League doubles leader by hitting double number 14. On Friday, Huntsville will try to get back on the winning track by sending RHP Kyle Heckathorn (1-0, 3.18 ERA) to the mound to square off against Chattanooga RHP Ethan Martin (2-0, 3.58 ERA). First pitch is at 6:43 PM.

On Milwaukee: A quick chat with Brewers prospect Mark Rogers

Audio Update — “The Lowdown from Lowe” Today’s pregame interview is with Sounds reliever Johnnie Lowe, who has been with the Sounds/Brewers for just a couple of weeks after spending the first five seasons of his pro career in the White Sox system. Love that Jeff's interviews aren't rushed, he's able to give a lot of depth to the chat process. Interesting perspective in this one from the newcomer to the organization. *** Alex Cohen, lead broadcaster for the Huntsville Stars, returns to the Evening Schmooze on 4/30/12 This is a pretty neat interview with Alex. He visited with old friends at Indiana University, and shared quite a bit about his new life as the Voice of the Stars in his first chance to call professional baseball. He talks about his relationship with the players and staff among other things. Good stuff...

1B Nick Ramirez is part of the "We the Prospects" blog via MLB.com and provides an update on his comeback from his hamate injury here.

Baseball America -- Little Movement Expected In Triple-A Affiliation Shuffle Nashville Sounds - Brewers 2012 Change unlikely. Potential for new ballpark makes Nashville an even more appealing market. *** Honestly, it seems every other day for the past forever there's something in the Nashville press about a ballpark plan, but until anything seems even remotely concrete we haven't linked to it here. And believe it, it's literally dozens of potential links, and we've thankfully not wasted your time with them for a couple of years now. Should that change in a truly concrete manner, we'll let you know. There are no bulldozers lined up outside ol' Greer Stadium as of yet.

Wisconsin Media Notes The Huntsville notes are only getting posted to their site on occasion (last time was 4/29). Hoping they see this and will set up daily reminder . Thanks.

Nashville Media Notes

We now know that RHP Tyler Cravy has been sent back to the Helena roster (extended spring training) to make room for Strong.

Update from the Manatees: LHP Brian Garman placed on Brevard County disabled list retroactive to 5/1/12 RHP Stosh Wawrzasek transferred from Helena to Brevard County Wawrzasek will be active when Brevard County travels to Palm Beach Friday. His number will be assigned upon arrival. The pronunciation of his name is: Staw-sh Wor-za-sek

Gord Ash spoke with ESPN 540 from Huntsville as part of their post-game Brewers coverage Wed. night -- spoke in some general terms about the minor league levels (Audio Link)

RHP Tommy Toledo was profiled more in-depth earlier in this thread, but MiLB has their own shorter notes article here.

No word on what the corresponding move will be, but it looks like 23-year-old LHP Mike Strong (stats), the Brewers 10th round pick last year out of Oklahoma State, is joining the Timber Rattlers' pitching staff, as per this tweet from RHP Mitch Conner, who has also been in Maryvale for extended spring.

As you digest Manatee summaries later on, this post earlier in the thread has been updated today with first-hand observations. Very informative, our Link Reporter "Tedaldtada" will refer to them later.

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STANDINGS: AAA - Pacific Coast League American Northern Division AA - Southern League North Division Florida State League North Division Midwest League Western Division

Follow Thursday's evening action as it happens with box score / game log links: Nashville Huntsville Wisconsin